FREE BOOKS

Author's List




PREV.   NEXT  
|<   124   125   126   127   128   129   130   131   132   133   134   135   136   137   138   139   140   141   142   143   144   145   146   147   148  
149   150   151   152   153   154   155   156   157   158   159   160   161   162   163   164   165   166   167   168   169   170   171   172   173   >>   >|  
makes per cent. 30 The want of weight in his halfpenny, compared as above, is per cent. 10 By all which (viz. coinage, profit, and want of weight) --the public loses per cent. 60 If Mr. M'Culla's coins will not pass, and he refuses to receive them back, the owner cannot sell them at above twelvepence per pound weight; whereby, with the defect of weight of 10 per cent., he will lose 60 per cent. The scheme of the society, raised as high as it can possibly be, will be only thus: For interest of their money, per cent. 8 For coinage, instead of 10, suppose at most per cent. 20 For _l.300_ laid out for tools, a mint, and house-rent, charge 3 per cent. upon the coinage of _l.10,000_, 3 ---- Charges in all upon interest, coinage, &c. per cent., 31 Which, with all the advantages above-mentioned, of the goodness of the metal, the largeness of the coin, the deepness and fairness of the impression, the assurance of the society confining itself to such a sum as they undertake, or as the kingdom shall approve; and lastly, their paying in gold or silver for all their coin returned upon their hands without any defalcation, would be of mighty benefit to the kingdom; and, with a little steadiness and activity, could, I doubt not, be easily compassed. I would not in this scheme recommend the method of promissory notes, after Mr. M'Culla's manner; but, as I have seen in old Irish coins, the words CIVITAS DVBLIN, on one side, with the year of our Lord and the Irish harp on the reverse. A PROPOSAL THAT ALL THE LADIES AND WOMEN OF IRELAND SHOULD APPEAR CONSTANTLY IN IRISH MANUFACTURES. NOTE. The arguments advanced in this tract are practically repetitions of those already given in previous pieces. Swift laid much stress on the people buying and wearing goods made in Ireland, since in that way the money would remain in the country. In this little tract he winds up with a special appeal to the women of Ireland. * * * * * The present text is based on that of the quarto edition (vol. viii.) of 1765, and compared with Faulkner'
PREV.   NEXT  
|<   124   125   126   127   128   129   130   131   132   133   134   135   136   137   138   139   140   141   142   143   144   145   146   147   148  
149   150   151   152   153   154   155   156   157   158   159   160   161   162   163   164   165   166   167   168   169   170   171   172   173   >>   >|  



Top keywords:
coinage
 

weight

 

interest

 

society

 

Ireland

 
scheme
 
kingdom
 

compared

 
reverse
 

IRELAND


LADIES

 

PROPOSAL

 
manner
 

promissory

 
method
 

Faulkner

 
recommend
 
appeal
 

DVBLIN

 

SHOULD


CIVITAS

 

CONSTANTLY

 

stress

 

pieces

 

compassed

 

quarto

 

people

 

buying

 

edition

 

remain


wearing

 
country
 

previous

 

arguments

 

advanced

 
MANUFACTURES
 

present

 
repetitions
 

practically

 
special

APPEAR
 

possibly

 
raised
 
defect
 

suppose

 

twelvepence

 
profit
 

halfpenny

 
public
 

receive